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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. We have made some progress. I started doing triple feeding yesterday - nurse, pump, and bottle feed. I was using the Haakka on the opposite side and then nursing on that side when he was done with the first, but it didn’t get me a ton of milk. I was getting 4oz a day with the Haakka.

I saw a lactation consultant and she did a weighted feed and looked at his latch. She said his latch is fine and he is transferring milk just fine. He took 2oz for as he normally does. She told me instead of triple feeding and using the Haakka, to pump on the side he isn’t eating from. I started using my Spectra and have been getting 1-2oz each feed. I’m switching side each feeding and I offer him pumped milk in a bottle. He doesn’t always take the moon but sometimes he will take 1oz. He doesn’t seem to eat more than 3oz at each feed. She said 3oz every hours is a normal amount, but to offer 4oz if he goes to 3 hours.

My husband went to the store last night and picked up some kids formula. He again rejected it but did take the Enfamil RTF. We were given the samples of powder at the hospital and I’m wondering if he just doesn’t like the powder stuff. He still prefer breast milk but he did take 1oz of the RTF formula twice. I’m not sure why he takes that and not the powder, but we are offering it to him every other feed. Hopefully this will make him gain more weight. [/quote]

Mine ate RTF for probably 6 months before switching to powdered. Not sure why, but he always spit up the powdered stuff and could keep the RTF down.  If he took it at all, I’d keep offering it. It’s good to have options![/quote]

OP here. I don’t want the pumped breast milk to go to waste so I we will be offering the RTF every other feed. My husband bought a 6ct of 2oz and he went back today to get another a bigger one. [/quote]

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